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Work Quotes by Henry Miller
- If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.
- Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'
- The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead…
- No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of…
- The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication…
- There was another thing I heartily disbelieved in - work. Work, it seemed to me even at the threshold of life, is an activity reserved…
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach